Or moss-crowned fountains mitigate the day, In vain ye hope the green delights to know, Which plains more blest or verdant vales bestow ; Here rocks alone, and tasteless sands are found, And faint and sickly winds for ever howl around. Sad was the hour,... The Poetical Works of Mr. William Collins - Page 9by William Collins - 1802 - 124 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1800 - 322 pages
...desp'rate sorrow wild, th' affrighted man Thrice sigh'd, thrice struck his breast, and thus began : " Sad was the hour, and luckless was the day, " When first from Schiraz' walls I bent my way !" Ah ! little thought I of the blasting wind, The thirst or pinching hunger that I find : Bethink... | |
 | William Collins - 1802 - 198 pages
...valley's pride, Why think we these less pleasing to behold, Than dreary deserts, if they lead to gold ? " Sad was the hour, and luckless was the day, " When first from Schiraz' walls I ber.t my way !" Oh cease, my fears ! — all frantic as I go, When thought creates unnumber'd scenes... | |
 | Sylvain Meinrad Xavier de Golbéry - 1803 - 382 pages
...a s.trong sensation of melancholy, which I endeavoured to dissipate with those who shared cay fate. Here rocks alone, and tasteless sands are found, And faint and sickly winds for ever howl around". ******* " O cease my fears! All frantic as I go, When thought creates unnumber'd scenes of woe, What... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1803 - 492 pages
...melancholy pleasure we echoed the melodious plaint of our fellow-traveler, Hassan, in the desert, — " Sad was the hour, and luckless was the day, When first from Schiraz' walls I hent my way." The air lay lifeless between the hills, as in a seething caldron, with no leaf stirring,... | |
 | William Collins - 1804 - 168 pages
...day, In vain ye hope the green delights to know, Which plains more blest, or verdant vales, beston' : Here rocks alone and tasteless sands are found, And faint and sickly winds for ever howl around." Yet in these beautiful lines there is a slight error, which writers of the greatest genius very frequently... | |
 | William Collins - 1804 - 166 pages
...springs in murmurs break away , Or moss-crown'd fountains mitigate the day, In vain ye hope the green delights to know, Which plains more blest, or verdant vales, bestow : Here rocks alone ami tasteless sands are found, And faint and sickly winds for ever howl around." Yet in these beautiful... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 238 pages
...moss-crown'd fountains mitigate the day, In vain ye hope the green delight to know Which plains more bless'd or verdant vales bestow ; Here rocks alone and tasteless...day, " When first from Schiraz' walls I bent my way !" Curs'd be the gold and silver which persuade Weak men to follow far fatiguing trade ! The lily peace... | |
 | 1806 - 330 pages
...springs in murmurs break away, . Or moss-crown'd fountains mitigate the day, In vain ye hope the green delights to know, Which plains more blest, or verdant...Here rocks alone, and tasteless sands are found, And f.iint and sickly winds for ever howl around. " Sad was the hour, and luckless was the day, " When... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...desperate sorrow wild, the affrighted man Thrice sigh'd ; thrice struck his breast ;and thus began* " Sad was the hour, and luckless was the day. " When first from Schir.us' walls 1 bent my way {M All ! little thought I of the blasting wind, The thirst, or pinching... | |
 | Poetry - 1806 - 192 pages
...springs in murmurs break away, Or moss-crown' d fountains mitigate the day, In vain ye hope the green delights to know, Which plains more blest or verdant vales bestow. Here GO Hassan, or, The Camel Driver. Here rocks alone and tasteless sands are found, And faint and sickly... | |
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